On the correct use of band names

In the comments threat at David Thompson’s blog on “Culture, Ideas, Politics”, after mention was made of a couple of academics who write their names all lower case:

WTP: I blame e.e. cummings, though according to Wiki (wiki?) he wasn’t very consistent in this matter. FWIU, there is a raging debate going on in the Wiki/wiki world over The Beatles vs. the Beatles, or maybe even just Beatles... or beatles... for this I blame The Talking Heads.

Sam Duncan responds:

I blame The The myself.

WTP again:

But Sam, the capitals, the capitals!!

I once had an argutorment with a frenimy about whether it was pronounced THE-THEE or THEE-THE. I settled on THEE-THEE. He went on to work in the tax collections office and we haven’t spoken since.